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A Two-Level Galerkin Reduced Order Model for the Steady Navier-Stokes Equations

In this thesis we propose, analyze, and investigate numerically a novel two-level Galerkin reduced order model (2L-ROM) for the efficient and accurate numerical simulation of the steady Navier-Stokes equations. In the first step of the 2L-ROM, a relatively low-dimensional nonlinear system is solved. In the second step, the Navier-Stokes equations are linearized around the solution found in the first step, and a higher-dimensional system for the linearized problem is solved. We prove an error bound for the new 2L-ROM and compare it to the standard Galerkin ROM, or one-level ROM (1L-ROM), in the numerical simulation of the steady Burgers equation. The 2L-ROM significantly decreases (by a factor of 2 and even 3) the 1L-ROM computational cost, without compromising its numerical accuracy. / Master of Science / In this thesis we introduce a new method for efficiently and accurately simulating fluid flow, the Navier-Stokes equations, called the two-level Galerkin reduced order model (2L-ROM). The 2L-ROM involves solving a relatively low-dimensional nonlinear system in the first step, followed by a higher-dimensional linearized system in the second step. We show that this method produces highly accurate results while significantly reducing computational costs compared to previous methods. We provide a comparison between the 2L-ROM and the standard Galerkin ROM, or one-level ROM (1L-ROM), by modeling the steady Burgers equation, as an example. Our results demonstrate that the 2L-ROM reduces the computational cost of the 1L-ROM by a factor of 2 to 3 without sacrificing accuracy.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/115058
Date15 May 2023
CreatorsPark, Dylan
ContributorsMathematics, Iliescu, Traian, Liu, Honghu, Sun, Shu Ming
PublisherVirginia Tech
Source SetsVirginia Tech Theses and Dissertation
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
FormatETD, application/pdf
RightsIn Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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